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BT Agent do(es) NOT affect sync speed.

Oh really? What does it do then?

It uses some of the available bandwidth. There could be hundreds of small ISP or manufacturers monitoring applications running - they would still NOT alter the sync speed.

I think you're still on about QOS. I'm asking about BTAgent.

So where does it get any bandwidth from?

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So where does it get any bandwidth from?

What BTAgent? Who said anything about bandwidth?

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You are not actually losing 2Mbps as it is not there to use. Every modem will sync at a different speed - you could get anoth pair of HH5 and HG612 and they could be te other way round.

QoS and BT Agent do NOT affect sync speed.

mmm?

So why does http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/ always report my upload with the HH5 at roughly 17.28Mbps every time but the HG612 it's always around the 15.75Mbps mark? Ookla speedtests are always lower with the HG612 also.

I never get anything over 15Mbps using the HG612 and when monitoring upload speeds to BT cloud for example, I lose between 170-200/Kbps compared to the HH5.

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Do you understand the points made in the post you originally replied to?

When you understand about termination impedances and how they can affect signal levels and the input level to the front end of a demodulator along with the characteristics of a demod then you will realise why different modems will sync at different speeds.

Well when they roll it out 100%

I'm hoping to hear of a 120/30 FTTC package coming soon.